The Ninth Annual Gingerbread Wonderland Craft Show continues from 10 am to 7:30 pm at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morris Township, and runs through Sunday. Admission: $2, gains entry to Gingerbread Wonderland and the Holiday Craft Show and Gingerbread Wonderland. Children under age 2 are free. At 353 East Hanover Ave., 973-326-7601.

Holiday CraftMorristown kicks off its weekend at the Morristown Armory from 4 pm to 8 pm. Weekend admission: $$8-10; children 16 & under, free. At 430 Western Ave., Morris Township.

It’s Chorus Song Night at The Minstrel in Morris Township. Sing along with four Folk Project favorites, starting at 7:30 pm. Admission: $10; children 12 and under, free. At the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown hosts a Piano Bar at 8 pm, in its Great Hall. Beverages, snacks and four hours of sing-along show tunes. Admission: $20. Proceeds benefit the St. Peter’s Choir School. At Miller Road and Maple Avenue.

Hear future violin virtuosos at the Rhythms for Life Holiday Concert, at 11 am at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship in Morris Township. Admission: $25/person, $25/family. Featuring students from Edward’s Violin Studio and the Morristown Neighborhood House. Proceeds benefit Rhythms for Life, the after-school music program at the Nabe, and Morris County Links Inc. The concert is at 21 Normandy Heights Road.

The Christmas Festival at the Morristown Green roars ahead from noon to 7 pm with Santa visits, ornament-making, ice sculpting, holiday music by the Mayo Performing Arts Company and free train rides. Presented by the Morristown Partnership.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison presents The Winter’s Tale, in previews at 2 pm, opening night at 7:30 pm. Tickets start at $29 for previews, $49 for opening. Runs through Dec. 30, 2018. At 36 Madison Ave., 973-408-5600.

The Folk Project presents Of a Winter’s Night, a special concert with banjo legend Tony Trischka, at 7:30 pm at The Minstrel in Morris Township. Admission: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. At the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road.

The 100-voice Harmonium Choral Society, led by Artistic Director Anne Matlack, presents Navidad Nuestra, a program of Christmas works from South and Central America, at 8 pm at the Morristown United Methodist Church. Tickets: $20-$25 in advance, $25-$30 at the door. At 50 South Park Place. An encore performance is scheduled for Sunday at 3 pm.

The Harmonium Choral Society. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

SUNDAY, DEC.9:

The Ninth Annual Christmas Market continues at Assumption Church in Morristown from 7 am to 2 pm. See Saturday entry for details.

The Morris County Winter Farmers Marketis back for its sixth season, every Sunday morning from 10 am to 1 pm through March 31, 2019, at Morristown’s Alexander Hamilton School, 24 Mills St. Presented by the Foodshed Alliance and Grow It Green Morristown.

Spend An Afternoon With Thomas Nast, courtesy of the Morristown & Township Library and the Macculloch Hall Historical Museum. Meet at 1:30 pm in the lower level meeting room of the library, at One Miller Road, Morristown, to view two half-hour documentaries about the 19th century political cartoonist. The group then will walk to Macculloch Hall for a guided tour of the Nast Christmas exhibit. (Nast gave us the popular image of Santa Claus.) RSVP here.

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